Polyubiquitinated PCNA triggers SLX4-mediated break-induced replication in alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) cancer cells
Sang‐In Kim, Su Hyung Park, Nalae Kang, Jae Sun Ra, Kyungjae Myung, Kyoo‐young Lee
IF 13.1
Nucleic Acids Research
Replication stresses are the major source of break-induced replication (BIR). Here, we show that in alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) cells, replication stress-induced polyubiquitinated proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) (polyUb-PCNA) triggers BIR at telomeres and the common fragile site (CFS). Consistently, depleting RAD18, a PCNA ubiquitinating enzyme, reduces the occurrence of ALT-associated promyelocytic leukemia (PML) bodies (APBs) and mitotic DNA synthesis at telomeres and CFS, both of which are mediated by BIR. In contrast, inhibiting ubiquitin-specific protease 1 (USP1), an Ub-PCNA deubiquitinating enzyme, results in an increase in the above phenotypes in a RAD18- and UBE2N (the PCNA polyubiquitinating enzyme)-dependent manner. Furthermore, deficiency of ATAD5, which facilitates USP1 activity and unloads PCNAs, augments recombination-associated phenotypes. Mechanistically, telomeric polyUb-PCNA accumulates SLX4, a nuclease scaffold, at telomeres through its ubiquitin-binding domain and increases telomere damage. Consistently, APB increase induced by Ub-PCNA depends on SLX4 and structure-specific endonucleases. Taken together, our results identified the polyUb-PCNA-SLX4 axis as a trigger for directing BIR.
https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae785
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
Telomere
Biology
Ubiquitin
DNA damage
Cell biology
Deubiquitinating enzyme
DNA repair
DNA replication
Molecular biology
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